Having discussed what some common conductors and insulators are, Mwaksy and Greg test different materials to find out which ones are good conductors of electricity.

What are conductors and insulators? Mwaksy and Greg create circuits using spoons and dough, to learn about conductors and insulators, why they’re useful and how they keep us safe.

Insulators made into conductors: Polymers coaxed to line up, transformed into materials that could dissipate heat Date: March 9, 2010 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Most ...

This new form of plastic could prevent laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics from overheating. Plastics are excellent insulators, meaning they efficiently trap heat—a quality that is an ...

Single-atom-thick sheets of boron nitride are both highly electrically insulating and good conductors of heat, making them ideal for getting rid of unwanted heat in small electronic devices. The ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a better thermal insulator by controlling material structure at the nanoscale.